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So the US Secretary of State throws this hot potato in China's lap and expect China to pick it up and run with it ? I don't think so. From China's perspective, the US, Japan and South Korea escalated this game of chicken with DPRK. Now they have to figure out how to de-escalate it by themselves.

China's plate it full of internal major economic and political initiatives that it needs to pay attention to. China does not want to worry about other people's issues created by other countries. It has plenty to worry about internally.

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